Father Piero Corsi has sparked outrage in Italy with a Christmas message posted on the door of his church arguing that women suffer sexual violence because they neglect housework and children, serve cold dinners, dress provocatively, "become arrogant and believe themselves to be self-sufficient." At the extreme end of the spectrum of such thinking, see the horrific gang-rape story out of India; the victim has died.

"Is it possible that all of a sudden men have gone mad? We don’t believe it...The point is that more and more women provoke, fall into arrogance, believe [themselves] to be independent and exacerbate tensions...They should do a self-examination and think, did we ask for it?"

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In the face of increasingly catastrophic climate news - rising sea levels, wildfires, drought - a team of Russian photographers with the non-profit AirPano have taken to the air in helicopters, airplanes, dirigibles and hot air balloons to offer virtual and panoramic tours of the planet's most stunning locations, urban to wilderness, to remind us what's at stake. Take note.